Prof. Dr. Nina Heinrichs

Prof. Dr. Nina Heinrichs

Prof. Dr. Nina Heinrichs is Professor and Chair of the Department of Clinical
Psychology, Psychotherapy and Assessment
in the Institute of Psychology at Technical University of Braunschweig.
She has extensive expertise in surveying families and stakeholders for tailoring
programs to the needs of families
(e.g., International Parenting Survey, IPS) and conducting large prevention and
treatment trials focusing on parents and children.
Prof. Heinrichs has been principal investigator on three controlled trials involving
couple and parenting interventions in Germany.
She was also involved as co-principal investigator (Co-PI) on two randomised
controlled trials delivering treatment services to anxious children.
Finally, she is Co-PI on a project focusing on the development and testing of a
prevention program to strengthen mother/father-child relationship with 24-36 months
old children with different delivery formats.
In all these trials, empowering parents to support raising healthy children is a
primary goal.